http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/01/22/honoring-dr-king-in-the-economic-stimulus/ Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:44:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/01/22/honoring-dr-king-in-the-economic-stimulus/#comment-60733 Cameron Stiff Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:15:19 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/01/22/honoring-dr-king-in-the-economic-stimulus/#comment-60733 This is incredibly fascinating, as the US economy ostensibly 'crashes'. Connecting those figures on the stock market ticker tape to life as it is lived by the hundreds of millions of people in America and the billions of others around the world is truly a challenging and much needed task. What does it mean for a country to be rich, if it is built on something that can give way in a day, that relies so much on the confidence of others in order to exist, and deprives so many of their basic human rights? The clearest and harshest explanation I have found is in Marilyn Waring's 1987 text If Women Counted. I heartily recommend. This is incredibly fascinating, as the US economy ostensibly ‘crashes’. Connecting those figures on the stock market ticker tape to life as it is lived by the hundreds of millions of people in America and the billions of others around the world is truly a challenging and much needed task. What does it mean for a country to be rich, if it is built on something that can give way in a day, that relies so much on the confidence of others in order to exist, and deprives so many of their basic human rights? The clearest and harshest explanation I have found is in Marilyn Waring’s 1987 text If Women Counted. I heartily recommend.

]]> http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/01/22/honoring-dr-king-in-the-economic-stimulus/#comment-60709 Jamie Henn Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:05:04 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/01/22/honoring-dr-king-in-the-economic-stimulus/#comment-60709 This is a fantastic initiative and exactly where I think we should be headed. Yesterday, in South Carolina, all the Democratic presidential candidates participated in a march to honor Dr. King. None of them mentioned a new, green dream, but later on in the debate, sparking a clean energy economy was the first thing out of their mouths when talking about the economy. We're getting close. Right now it's about connecting the dots: for the candidates, Congress, and most importantly, the millions of people who have never heard of "green jobs" or "green pathways out of poverty." There is a lot of work still to be done, but this petition and initiative is part of an excellent first step. This is a fantastic initiative and exactly where I think we should be headed. Yesterday, in South Carolina, all the Democratic presidential candidates participated in a march to honor Dr. King. None of them mentioned a new, green dream, but later on in the debate, sparking a clean energy economy was the first thing out of their mouths when talking about the economy. We’re getting close. Right now it’s about connecting the dots: for the candidates, Congress, and most importantly, the millions of people who have never heard of “green jobs” or “green pathways out of poverty.” There is a lot of work still to be done, but this petition and initiative is part of an excellent first step.

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